- 2. Penniless, moneyless, impecunious, destitute, distressed, poverty-stricken, seedy, reduced, short of
money, out of money, without a penny, out of pocket, out of cash, out at the elbows, out at the heels, in
need, in want, hard up, in distress, living from hand to mouth, not worth a farthing, not worth a sou, not
rich, badly off, poorly off.
- 3. Emaciated, lean, thin, meagre, lank, gaunt, skinny, shrunk, fallen away.
- 4. Barren, sterile, unfruitful, unfertile, unproductive, fruitless, unprolific.
- 5. Trifling, trivial, slight, small, slender, flimsy, insufficient, inadequate, worthless, unimportant, of little
use or worth, valueless, paltry.
- 6. Unsound, infirm, feeble, delicate, weak, frail.
- 7. Shabby, seedy, worthless, valueless, inferior, not good.
- 8. Contemptible, despicable, paltry, mean, sorry, beggarly, pitiful, shabby, bad, low, inferior.
- 9. Feeble, languid, weak, bald, tame, jejune, vapid, cold, frigid, dull, prosing, prosy, prosaic, spiritless,
barren, mean, meagre, dry.
- 10. Miserable, wretched, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated, ill-starred, unlucky, unhappy, pitiable.
- 11. Meagre, insufficient, inadequate, scant, small.
- 12. Faulty, unsatisfactory.
- 13. Thin, scanty.
- 14. Weak, feeble, poor, flimsy.
Poor, n. pl. [With The prefixed.]
- 1. The indigent, the needy.
- 2. Paupers.
Poor as a rat. Poor as a church mouse. Poor as Job. Very poor, extremely poor, destitute.
Poorhouse, n. Workhouse, almshouse.
Poor in spirit. Humble, contrite, meek, repentant.